http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-10-15/getting-treatment-mental-illness
We spend $140 billion on
public mental health services in this country, but at any given time,
approximately half of all seriously mentally ill people receive no
treatment at all. Lack of public understanding is part of the problem:
many still believe severe mental illness is psychological rather than
biological. Federal programs conceived half a century ago to replace
much maligned state institutions were poorly conceived, never adequately
coordinated and, by all accounts, woefully inadequate. Today, family
members, police officers and the courts find themselves on the front
lines of this crisis. Diane and her guests discuss the challenges of
getting help for people with severe mental illness.
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